HINTS Walter Shh ah ha Question 33 Question 34 Question 35
"If you asked me television is unhealthy", I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room."While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat, your complexion is fading, and your eyesight is being ruined." "Shh," Walter put his finger to his lips, "This is an intriguing murder mystery." "Really?" I replied. "But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box. And people are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of the declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system." "Ah ha, I kind of see your point." Walter said softly. "But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about the murder that was committed 100 years ago." Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument. "As I see it," I explained, "not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality from nature, from other people, from life itself. I was confident in my ability to persuade." After a short silence, my roommate said, "Anyway, I've been planning to watch the football game. I am going to change the channel." "Don't touch that dial." I shouted, "I want to find out how the mystery turns out." I am not sure I got my point to cross. Question 33 As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV? Question 34 What does the speaker say about watching television? Question 35 What can we say about the speaker?
“如果你問我，我會說電視是不健康的。”我走進起居室對我的室友沃爾特說，“當你被動地坐在電視機前，你的肌肉正逐漸轉(zhuǎn)變成脂肪，面色慢慢枯黃，甚至會毀了你的視力。” “噓~”沃爾特把他的手指放在嘴唇上說，“這是一個耐人尋味的神秘謀殺?！? “真的嗎？”我回道。 “但是你知道嗎，觀看電視會損壞大腦。創(chuàng)造力就是被電視所扼殺的，而且它抑制了人與人之間的交流。在我看來，電視正是造成學習興趣下降和我們整個教育體系失敗的原因?！? “啊哈，我不明白你說的?！蔽譅柼剌p聲說，“但看到了么？故事中證人席上的女人正因大約100年前犯下的謀殺案受到審問?！? 忽略他對劇情熱心的介紹，我繼續(xù)說著我的觀點。 “照我看來，”我解釋說，“不僅是大多數(shù)電視節(jié)目糟糕地編制，而且觀眾也由大眾傳媒所操控。就我個人而言（我認為），電視觀眾被切斷了與現(xiàn)實、自然，與其他人們，甚至與生命本身的聯(lián)系。我對我的說服能力有信心?！? 短暫沉默后，我室友說：“不管怎樣，我一直打算看足球比賽，我要換臺?！? “不要碰遙控器?！蔽液暗?，“我想弄清這神秘謀殺案的結果?！? 我不確定，我的觀點待定。 問題33：作者走進客廳時電視在放什么節(jié)目？ 問題34：作者對于看電視是怎么說的？ 問題35：我們怎么看待這個作者？ ——譯文來自: 砣桑